Are always important, but never more so important than the time that were living in. We heard former president bill clinton use the words total class. And we heard former president barack obama, a democrat, say a gentleman. And i think civility, his graciousness, the way he handled himself is a role model we all will miss. Jamie, dana, thank you. This is cnn breaking news. Im don lemon. It is the top of the hour. Here is our breaking news. The 41st president of the United States, george h. W. Bush has died at the age of 94. The flag at the white house flying at halfstaff right now as flowers pile up outside the bush home in houston, texas. Tributes are pouring in from President Trump and former president S Barack Obama and bill clinton. As well as former Vice President al gore and condoleezza rice, james baker, and so many more. The nation mourning the man who devoted his life to service to his country and to his family. Cnns john king now with the story of george h. W. Bush, the polit
cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind. reporter: president bush promoted eastern europe s peaceful emergence from communism, the breakup of the soviet union, and the end of u.s./soviet proxy wars in nicaragua and el salvador. some felt we were so infatuated with the change in eastern europe we were in the process of neglecting this hemisphere. that s not the case. reporter: president bush used u.s. military power to remove a drug dealing strong man, noriega, who was turning panama into a narcostate and the biggest u.s. military operation since the vietnam war, president bush put together an international coalition that liberated kuwait. the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. reporter: after five weeks, the coalition ground forces pushed the iraqi army out of
head of the cia. cnn s jake tapper looks back at the legacy of his work here in the united states. the president s work. not just here in the u.s. but on the world stage. reporter: historians say that president george h.w. bush s dialings set the gold standard for the presidency a big idea, a new world order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind. reporter: president bush charted u.s. policies that promoted eastern europe s peaceful emergence from communism. the fall of the berlin wall, the breakup of the soviet union, and the end of u.s.-soviet proxy wars in nicaragua and el salvador. some had felt that we were so infat waited in the change infatuated in the change with eastern europe that we were
order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind. reporter: president bush charted u.s. policies that promoted eastern europe s peaceful emergence from communism, the fall of the berlin wall, the breakup of the soviet union, and the end of u.s./soviet proxy wars in nicaragua and el salvador. some felt we were so infat yated with the change in eastern europe that we re in the process of neglecting this hemisphere. and that is not the case. reporter: president bush used u.s. military power to remove a drug-dealing strong man, manuel noriega, who was turning panama into a narco state. and in what at the time was the biggest u.s. military operation since the vietnam war, president bush put together an international coalition that liberated kuwait after it had been invaded by saddam hussein s iraq. the skies over baghdad have
george h.w. bush s international dealings set the gold standard for the modern presidency. it is a new world order for diverse nations drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind. he chartered u.s. policies that the fall of the berlin wall, the break-up of the soviet union, and the end of u.s.-soviet proxy wars in nicaragua and el salvador. we were so infact waited with the change in eastern europe that we are in the process of neglecting this hemisphere, and that is not the case. president bush used a drug-dealing strong man, manuel noriega, who was turning panama into a narcoo state, and in what at the time was the biggest u.s. military operation since the vietnam war, president bush put together an international coalition that